[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

pantone
     
         a set of standard colours for printing, each of
        which is specified by a single number.  you can buy a pantone
        swatch book containing samples of each colour.  some computer
        graphics software allows colours to be specified as pantone
        numbers.  even though a computer monitor can only show an
        approximation to some of the colours, the software can output
        a colour separation for each different pantone colour,
        enabling a print shop to exactly reproduce the original
        desired colour.
     
        1996-03-23
     
     
see also:
monitor colour separation 

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